CVE-2022-3294 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-3294: Node address isn't always verified when proxying

Vendor Kubernetes
Product Kubernetes
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published March 1, 2023
Last update March 7, 2025

CVSS base score

6.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Users may have access to secure endpoints in the control plane network. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if an untrusted user can modify Node objects and send proxy requests to them. Kubernetes supports node proxying, which allows clients of kube-apiserver to access endpoints of a Kubelet to establish connections to Pods, retrieve container logs, and more. While Kubernetes already validates the proxying address for Nodes, a bug in kube-apiserver made it possible to bypass this validation. Bypassing this validation could allow authenticated requests destined for Nodes to to the API server's private network.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 1, 2023 CVE published
March 7, 2025 Record updated